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(No Model.) 7 0. BROPHY.

GLEARER ROLL FOR DRAWING FRAMES- No 487,693. Patented Dec. 6, 1892.

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OWEN BROPHY, OF NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- THIRD TOJOHN J. ROONEY, OF SAME PLACE.

CLEARER-RO LL FOR DRAWlNG-FRAM ES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,693, dated December6, 1892.

Application filed September 18, 1891. Renewed September 3,1892. SerialNo. 445,016. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OWEN BROPHY, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Bedford, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClearer,- Rolls for Drawing-Frames, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to that class of devices which are designed to keepthe top rolls in drawing-frames free from fly and dirt; and its objectis to provide means whereby the clearer-rolls may be adjusted to or fromeach other in order to accommodate themselves to a greater or lessdistance between the drawing-rolls, or to be adj ustedwith reference tothe top rolls, on which they rest.

To this end my invention consists in providing the journals of theclearing-rolls with adjustable bearings, whereby each cl carer-roll maybe adjusted independently of the other.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention, in which Figure 1represents an end view of the drawing-frame, clearingrolls, and the cap,to which the clearing-rolls are hung, of a drawingframe, showing theclearing-rolls adjusted over the center of the top rolls. Fig. 2represents an end view of the same, showing the clearerrolls adjusted toone side of the center of the top rolls. Fig. 3 represents a view inperspective of one of the hearings in which the clearer-rolls arejournaled; and Fig. 4 represents a plan view of the cap, in which theclearer-rolls are adjustably hung.

Similar letters referto similar parts throughout the several views.

a a represent the fluted rolls of a drawingframe. I) I) represent thetop or leather-covered rolls of the same, and c 0 represent theclearer-rolls of the same, covered with flannel and journaled in theadjustable bearings d.

f represents the cap, which is provided w1th. the slots is k.

The bearings d d are secured to the cap f by bolts e e passing throughthe holes Z and the slots k, and are provided with slots h, in which theclearer-rolls c c are journaled that they may have a free verticalmovement when their diameter is increased by accumulations of fly anddirt.

When the distance between the drawingrolls is increased or diminished inorder to attain certain results by means of the adj ustable bearings dd, the clearer-rolls may be adjusted correspondingly.

When from any cause the clearer-rolls when adj usted over the center ofthe top rolls fail to lap up the fly and dirt from the top rolls, theclearer-rolls may be adjusted to one side of the center of the toprolls, as shown in Fig. 2, in order that there may be more or less of arubbing motion between them-that is to say, that the top rolls may slipsomewhat on the surface of the clearer-rolls and thus rub off any fly ordirt that adheres to the top rolls.

The cap fis hinged at g, so that it may be thrown back and the dirt andfly removed from the clearer-rolls when the accumulations become toogreat.

I claim- In combination with the rolls a a and b b of a drawing-frame,the clearer-rolls c c, having bearings d d, provided with slots 71. andholes Z, adapted to be secured to the cap f by bolts e, and the cap f,provided with slots is, as shown, and for the purpose described.

OWEN BROPI-IY. Witnesses:

JAMES TAYLOR, HENRY W. MASON.

